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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: April 24, 2015, 08:59:25 PM »

Ten years ago today - April 24, 2005 - on a rainy Sunday afternoon I came across TWC Classics from a random Google image search of Weatherscan. Until then I had no idea that TWC had such a big fanbase. Can't believe it's been that long, felt like it was yesterday!

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: April 21, 2015, 12:57:48 PM »

Guys, the NBCU assumptions are getting old. Seriously. It's been almost seven years now.

The addition of more long form has been in the works long before NBCU took over ownership. TV viewership ratings are at an all time low as more people rely on web and mobile. I can almost guarantee you TWC would be in the same state had it still been owned by Landmark to this day. If you've watched any other news-oriented network you can tell that they have also been following the same footstep over the last ten or so years.

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Local Forecast / Re: Bobby Love or Robert McLaughlin music CD

« on: April 17, 2015, 11:39:47 PM »

That's an odd response. At any rate if you or anyone has been able to get a hold of it hmu.. I've been wanting Air, Water, and Flood for years

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: April 13, 2015, 05:16:38 PM »

I don't like how the IS2 feeds are letterboxed though.  I mean it's a 4:3 aspect ratio, and you have black bars filling nearly half of the screen. I mean those who have those tiny SDTVs, good luck reading the tiny letters!

Letterboxing is the thing nowadays. Besides, most people have HD service by now anyway so it's not going to affect the normal viewer.

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: OCM Kim Cunningham let go

« on: April 13, 2015, 05:12:28 PM »

This is going a little off-topic but is in response to what is being discussed: Jim Cantore has, unfortunately, gone too far.  Again, I am pretty sure since he is the face of TWC that they are pushing for him to be as dramatic as possible, but I think it's way too over-the-top now.  Yes, thundersnow is cool, but was it really worth that?  Probably not, but since it has become a tradition for him, he will try to take advantage of it in the highest-viewer rating way possible.

Him, and Jen Carfagno. TWC has really pushed her to the limit in recent years, too (even more than Abrams since they revamped the morning lineup actually).

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: April 07, 2015, 01:02:59 PM »

Anyone willing to guess that this was scripted?   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdRWGMyeSYY

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Weatherscan Discussion / Re: Jack Mascari

« on: March 22, 2015, 08:39:20 PM »

Mascari has uploaded two of his songs featured on Weatherscan on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcxL73pm7KRuLhkVsmtXQjA/videos

Been getting a hold of him about his other songs, I'll keep you guys posted. 

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Weatherscan Discussion / Re: Weatherscan Topic

« on: March 22, 2015, 06:11:47 PM »

WeatherScan has finally lost it

The issue with the missing sky conditions for the nighttime daypart text forecasts on the squeezeback have been fixed as of a few weeks ago. However now there seems to be a new issue with many units where the clock is often several minutes fast.

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: March 22, 2015, 06:09:45 PM »

When does TWC air full screen LOT8s during longform? It seems to be inconsistent; sometimes it's :08/:38 and others it's :18/:48.

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Local Forecast / Re: TWC Songs you've heard in other places

« on: March 21, 2015, 12:15:05 AM »

Heard "Big Talker" by Art Ruprecht (played in 2007) at the mall today.

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: March 18, 2015, 02:06:22 PM »

Has anyone been seeing phrases like "hot," "cold," "not as warm," "colder" etc on their text forecasts at all lately? I haven't seen them in months, even during the bitter cold spells we had last month.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: Weekend Recharge

« on: March 14, 2015, 09:26:27 PM »

TWC really needs some help. 2 years ago they decide to consolidate most of their shows into WCL, and then they decide to split it into new titles again.

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: OCM Kim Cunningham let go

« on: March 10, 2015, 12:21:14 PM »

 Never was a big fan of Kim's presenting over the last ten years (although I'm sure it wasn't her fault). I liked her early years at TWC. Hope she lands somewhere else soon.

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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: VZ FiOS dropped TWC

« on: March 10, 2015, 12:16:45 PM »

Well it's all The Weather Channel's fault! Increased Long Form and charge higher retransmission fees just to keep up with bills (barely). As I said the DTV dispute, "they have nothing to blame but themselves". It's really sad to see, the channel was once everything that I could ever want but you know "it's not a revolution, it's evolution". Wise (not) words from TWC management 2012.

I'm sure it has nothing to do with that despite what they may say. Probably TWC trying to increase carriage costs like what happened with DirecTV.

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IntelliStar 2 Discussion / Re: General IS2 Discussion

« on: March 06, 2015, 12:28:53 PM »

My IS2 cities have changed sometime over the last few weeks.. much better choices IMO

Cherry Hill (main city, formerly Audubon)
Mount Laurel
Camden
Voorhees
Woodbury